Children's Learning Activities: round-up

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This blog is here for you to find fun learning activities to do with your children. We share great ideas we find and love on the Internet, as well as ideas we come up with on our own! We also like to share resources we find helpful.

To find ideas for your child, click on the age range blog label or on the theme/topic you are looking for (on the left side of the page). In each post, we try to list optimal age ranges for the activity, but you must judge for yourself if it is appropriate for your child. When you try an activity out, please comment and let us (and everyone else) know how your child liked it!

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Monday, November 5, 2012

Thanksgiving Round-up 2012

Here is the round-up for our previous Thanksgiving posts:

Apple Turkey

Cute, yummy, fruit, fine motor development, patterns...all good.

Cornucopia of Thankfulness

Focus on what you are thankful for this year.

Pilgrim Cookies

A ymmy treat.

Thankful Basket

For teaching Gratitude.

Paper Plate Turkey

This is a super cute craft that teaches colors, counting, fine motor, and following instructions.

Pumpkin Turkey

This is another cute decoration for your Thanksgiving holiday!

Involving Young Children on Thanksgiving Day
Tips for getting your young children involved in this holiday that can seem ambiguous to them.

Making a Menu
Have your children make a menu for the big meal.

TeePee

Thanksgiving isn't just about learning about the pilgrims!

Thankful Place Mat
Have your children make a place mat to eat off of that shows the things they are thankful for.

Positional Words: A Thanksgiving Game
A game for all ages.

Thanksgiving Turkey Card

A cute keepsake.

Top 5 Pinterest Thanksgiving Finds

Five great Thanksgiving ideas we found on Pinterest.

Turkey Countdown to Thanksgiving

A fun way to count down to Thanksgiving!

Turkey Table Toppers

Make some center pieces for your meal.

Thankful Drawing

Get the whole family involved in drawing a picture of the things you are thankful for.

Thanksgiving Books
Thanksgiving Books 2009
Thanksgiving Books 2010
Thanksgiving Books 2011

Monday, May 28, 2012

Summer Round-Up 2012

Here are the summer activities we have on the blog to date.

First, sometimes summer is a time we want to relax and not worry about learning activities. We can really get learning in through simple ways. Last summer, we ran a series on Simple Summer activities that are simple, fun, and enriching.

We also have some fun ideas for celebrating summer:

And some summer crafts:

But summer isn't always just fun and games (though learning happens through those). Here are some more academic ideas for summer:

Monday, May 7, 2012

Mother's Day and Flower Round-Up

Mother's Day and Flowers Ideas

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Easter Round-Up 2012

Here are the Easter ideas we shared with you last year!

Color Matching--Easter Style

A great activity for teaching colors while using those Easter Eggs and cartons.

Counting With Eggs

Using Easter Eggs to do some counting activities!

Easter Basket Sensory Activity

Sensory activities are always a hit. Easter grass is a great texture you don't often find other times of year.

Easter Cupcakes

Turn cupcakes into an Easter treat!

Dye Eggs

Let's not forget the grand tradition of egg-dying at Easter!

Monday, March 19, 2012

Spring Round-Up 2012

Tomorrow is the first day of Spring, so I wanted to do a Spring round-up today. I also want to get you thinking about some events that happen in April (or at least are this year). Easter and Earth Day are happening in April this year, so be sure to keep those in mind as you plan your April activities.

Paper Plate Rainbow Streamer

This was posted recently. Rainbows are a fun thing to learn about at this time of year because of all of the rain...leading to rainbows.

Spring Chick

Another fun thing that happens this time of year is a high number of baby animals born. This is a fun activity for talking about how baby chicks are "born."

Spring Collections

A fun, simple way to introduce Spring to your child.

U Words

Learning about the letter U.

Pussy Willows

A fun art project to make some pussy willows.

Pom-pom Spring Chick

If you have an animal lover, this will be a big hit. A cute little craft to make a little baby chick.

Monday, February 27, 2012

St. Patrick's Day Round-Up 2012

Here are a couple of ideas from last year for St.Patrick's Day activities. We will of course be adding to this this year!

Clover Cookie Cutter Prints

Fine motor, art, colors...lots of fun with this one!

Leprechaun

A fun little craft for making a leprechaun face.

Lucky Charms Math

This is a great math activity!

Paper Plate Streamer Rainbow

Talk about colors while providing a fun craft to use for gross motor activities.

Shamrock Potato Print

Kids love paint, they love dipping stuff in paint, and they love seeing the prints paint make. A great fine-motor craft that produces a recognizable picture for the holiday!

St. Patrick's Day Shamrock

Work on fine motor skills while learning about colors, science, and texture!

Monday, January 30, 2012

Valentine Round-Up 2012

It is almost "that heart time" as Brayden refers to it. Here are our Valentine posts from last year!

Clay Hearts

A fun craft activity you can give as gifts. This is great for baby on up.

Heart Hands

A cute craft to say "I Love You" to someone. Framed, in a card, or just a paper are all special!

Sensory Activities

This activity was so popular that my kids have hardly left it alone for the last year! I think it will be a hit with your children too!

"V" is for Valentine

Decorate your V for Valentines day.

Valentine Candy Sort

This is a great sorting activity.

Valentines Day Snacks
Raegan compiled a list of snack ideas for you to make!

Valentine Dump Truck Card

A cute valentine that will especially appeal to the boys!

Valentines Galore!

Since we were in our infant year last year, we had no archive of Valentine activities. I searched the web and created a list of fun ideas to do for Valentines Day!

Valentine Magnets